Monday, February 22, 2010

Wget - Command line downloader in Linux OS

Wget is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web.  It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies.
It is one of the fastest mode of downloading files in linux operating system.

Syntax: wget URL
Download OpenOffice for linux through command mode 
wget http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.2.0/OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz 
Download in Background
wget -b  http://download.services.openoffice.org/files/stable/3.2.0/OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz

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